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Teetering On The Brink Of Greatness: A Doctor, A Dragon and A Defensive Master The word “great” is one that is often based on opinion. Everyone’s opinion varies, so while one person may think that McDonald’s is a great place to eat, another may disagree, nominating the Russian Tea Room …

A Genuine Crowd Pleaser, Back In Action Friday Night Raw crowd pleaser Vinny Maddalone is back in action against an opponent TBA tomorrow night in New York. Fighting for the first time since his tough points win over Jermell Barnes in August of this year, a fight in which the …

Promoters Dennis Hobson/Fight Academy and Banner Promotions, in association with Top Rank, Inc., will present a sensational world championship fight card on Saturday, January 20, 2007, at Paris Las Vegas, located at 3655 Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las Vegas . The main event and co-featured fight will be televised …

In the ring, Scott Harrison is anything but dull, and it seems from his troubles outside the ring that it is in the squared circle that he is truly at home. But the recent farce in the run-up to what would have been his ninth defence of the WBO Featherweight …

Beauties And The Beats This Saturday night, Star Light Inc. puts on a night of fights at Bert’s Warehouse Theatre in the Eastern Market area of Detroit, Michigan as Lanardo “The Pain Server’ Tyner takes on Kelly Wright, Aaron Pryor Jr. fights Anthony Gannon, and Jonathan Banks defends his WBO …

Jermain Taylor UD12 Kassim Ouma It wasn’t the way he wished or envisioned it but Jermain Taylor successfully defended his middleweight title Saturday night in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas. An announced crowd of 10,000, roughly 7,000 short of a sellout, were on hand to witness Taylor’s first defense …

By Simon Jackson Kassim Ouma walks into the Arkansas equivalent of Johnny Cash’s hit song ‘The Burning Ring of Fire’ when he attempts to beat Jermain Taylor, the undisputed world middle-weight champion at Arkansas’s Alltel Arena on Saturday night. Level headed Taylor 25-0-1 (17) has all the omens on his …

By Ben Lettman British Lightweight Champion Lee Meager and challenger John Thaxton successfully made weight yesterday for their much anticipated clash, which takes place tonight at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, England. Meager, 20-1-1 (7), defends his title against the experienced Thaxton, 30-7 (16), who lost to world champion Ricky …

By Ben Lettman The Peacock Gym is located in Canning Town, in the East End of London, England and is home to many fighters. On the wall of the gym there is a banner that reads: “The Peacock Gym, home of sport and friendship.” I could not agree more. As …

The year is 1990, and two former heavyweight champions of the world, George Foreman and Mike Tyson, have both recently appeared together on the same bill for the first time ever. Foreman, now just over three years into an improbable seeming comeback designed to see him regain the title he …

Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion – Matt Skelton, was scheduled to fight Audley Harrison this Saturday at ExCel, London, but with just a week to go before the fight – he was forced to “pull-out’ with a hand injury. Danny Williams has stepped-up to take the fight against Harrison and, at such …

Well folks, Turkey Day is over for those of us who live here in the US and now it is time to get read for the one holiday celebrated world wide, Christmas! That one day in the whole year that is about giving to others for the sheer joy of …